Family sues county over boy’s death 
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: camp, Maryland, negligence, wrongful death
The family of a 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died after a tree fell on him at a nature camp in Maryland is suing the county that runs the camp.
Immigrant cab drivers sue city
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: Maine, taxi
Nearly a dozen cab drivers are suing the city of Portland, Maine and its airport over a new policy that bars them from using authorized representatives to renew their taxi licenses.
Woman’s lawsuit says SUV smells like corpse
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: car dealer, Michigan
A Detroit-area woman is suing an auto dealership, claiming her new SUV smells bad because it once contained a corpse.
Suit filed over tainted cantaloupe
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: Colorado, food poisoning, listeriosis
An Omaha, Neb. man has sued a Colorado grower, alleging it is responsible for the tainted cantaloupe that made him and his daughter sick with listeriosis.
Former student files harassment suit
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: harassment, high school, Massachusetts
A former Stoughton, Mass. High School student has sued the town and school officials, including the former principal, alleging they did nothing to stop the harassment she endured after sending nude photos to a classmate.
Boy arrested after burping in class
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: New Mexico, school, wrongful arrest
A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque public school principal, a teacher and a city police officer.
Suit claims school’s HIV denial violates teen’s rights
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: Discrimination, HIV, Pennsylvania
A Philadelphia-area teen says he was denied admission to the private boarding school supported by the Hershey chocolate company because he is HIV-positive.
Molestation accuser files suit
Published: December 19, 2011
Tags: college, Maine, molestation
A Maine man has sued fired Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, claiming the coach molested him in a hotel room after a game at the University of Pittsburgh in 2002.
Mass. AG files suit against five banks, MERS over robo-signing
Published: December 2, 2011
Tags: bank, Bank of America, Citi, foreclosures, GMAC, JP Morgan Chase, Massachusetts, unfair and deceptive trade practices, Wells Fargo
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha M. Coakley is suing five national banks and the Mortgage Electronic Registration System for allegedly pursuing illegal foreclosures on properties in Massachusetts as well as deceptive loan servicing.
Law firm sued over ads for knee replacement suits
Published: November 22, 2011
Tags: defamation, false advertising, knee replacement, medical devices, Ohio, product disparagement, product liability
Taking the offensive, a product liability defendant has filed suit against a plaintiffs’ law firm alleging false advertising.
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